Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Quantitative assessment of liver fat content by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-320

  Zhong, Liang ^a   Chen, Jie Jun ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Lin, Zhi Qian ^a   Wang, Wen Jing ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Proton spectroscopy; Quantitative assessment; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FATS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449096095     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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